Dway e
Joh so
ope s
up
about
the
mixed
eviews
that
his
latest
film,
Moa a,
eceived,
a d
thi gs
like
this
always
happe
withi
the
i dust y.
He,
howeve ,
u de sta ds
eve ybody’s
pe spectives
a d
is
simply
happy
to
get
the
cha ce
to
make
the
film
a d
ep ese t
his
cultu e.
(YouTube)
The
‘Moa a’
live-actio
film,
sta i g
Dway e
Joh so ,
Cathe i e
Laga’aia,
F a kie
Adams,
a d
ma y
othe s,
did
ot
pe fo m
as
well
as
expected
at
the
box
office.
Not
o ly
that,
but
the
elease
was
met
with
c iticism
a d
o li e
debate
about
how
ma y
impo ta t
pa ts
f om
the
o igi al
a imated
film
we e
omitted
f om
the
live-actio
o e.
Almost
a
mo th
afte
the
film’s
official
elease
i
theat es,
leadi g
sta
Joh so
ope ed
up
about
the
mixed
eviews,
comme ti g
that
such
thi gs
happe
all
the
time.
Read
ahead
to
k ow
mo e
about
what
the
‘Juma ji’
acto
sha ed.
Dway e
Joh so
ope s
up
about
the
‘Moa a’
backlash
a d
mixed
eviews
Du i g
o e
of
his
latest
i te views,
the
actio
he o
ope ed
up
about
the
ki d
of
eviews
his
latest
film,
‘Moa a,’
eceived.
I
the
live-actio
film,
Joh so
ep ised
his
ole
as
Maui,
the
demigod
of
the
wi d
a d
the
sea,
f om
the
a imated
ve sio .
Talki g
to
PEOPLE
about
the
c iticism
the
film
faced
o li e
afte
its
elease,
Joh so
sha ed,
“Ou
fi st
two
eviews
came
out.
I’ll
eve
fo get
it…
They
we e
amazi g.
I
was
like,
wow.”
He
the
co ti ued,
joki g
that
“it
we t
a othe
way,
as
sometimes
happe s.”He
added,
“That’s
just
the
way
it
goes
because
we’ e
i
this
busi ess,”
while
sha i g
that
he
a d
his
wife,
Lau e
Hashia ,
talked
about
this
a
lot.
He
sha ed
that
they
“had
a
lot
of
these
co ve satio s
at
home,
at
the
kitche
isla d
late
at
ight
whe
the
babies
a e
asleep.”
Joh so
fu the
comme ted
that
he
u de sta ds
whe e
a
lot
of
people
a e
comi g
f om,
fu the
sha i g
that
the
mai
aim
fo
the
movie
to
be
made
was
to
put
Poly esia
cultu e
at
the
ce te .“The
cultu e
eally
stood
up,”
he
comme ted,
addi g
that
“because
of
me
a d
ou
kids
who
ca
ow
look
at
the
big
sc ee
a d
go,
‘That’s
us
fo
the
fi st
time
o
a
big
sc ee .
That’s
us
up
the e.
How
cool
is
that?’”
Lau e
Hashia
also
weighs
i
o
the
‘Moa a’
elease
Joh so ’s
wife
was
also
o e
of
the
film’s
p oduce s.
Du i g
the
i te view,
she
also
sha ed
he
thoughts
o
the
film
a d
its
box
office
pe fo ma ce,
comme ti g
that
she
fully
ag ees
with
Joh so ’s
thoughts.
Du i g
the
i te view,
the
sta
added,
“The
whole
commu ity,
the
whole
cultu e,
eally
showed
up,
a d
they
u de stood.
Eve
if
you’ e
ot
Poly esia ,
I
thi k
we
ca
u de sta d
family
a d
love
a d
loss
a d
pe seve a ce—especially
as
a
mom.
Havi g
kids
a d
watchi g
it
th ough
thei
eyes,
fo
me,
it’s
ve y
magical.”
